A inspiration in life that many people cling to is, that no matter how rough and demoralizing things get, there is always a possibility of redemption and salvation. Many characters in the novel, A Tale Of Two Cities, are sure that their own death or mental destruction is at hand but somehow they escape the grasp of death. Dr. Manette who has been imprisoned for eighteen years is completely insane and is lovingly nursed back …showed first 75 words of 1269 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1269 total…so significant to the human spirit. The theme of redemption and salvation is the major theme of the book and is summed up in two famous quotes. "Recalled to life" (Dickens p 8), which Dickens considered for the title of the novel, and, "It is a far, far, better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known" (Dickens p 352).